Today's lucky numbers
If ESPN is right ...
... Regan Smith's lucky number is 01. Good for him that he didn't find himself completely out of work after the whole Ginn-DEI shakeout.
... Junior will be in the 38 next year. Yeah, yeah, I get the significance, and someone else already has the 83. (The 38's spoken for, too, but Yates is so desperate for cash he might sell just sell it.) But talk about an unimpressive pedigree: in 433 starts in Cup history, the No. 38 has found victory lane just seven times, and only two of them have been since 1960. (Elliott Sadler was the only one in recent memory to win a Cup race in the 38.) You'd have to be pretty hardcore to remember that Alan Kulwicki drove the No. 38 three times in 1985 (best finish 13th) or that Butch Gilliland drove the 38 in three Sonoma races in the 1990s best finish 24th - he's clearly no Boris Said).
One more: The first guy ever behind the wheel of the No. 38 in a Cup race? Lee Petty.
OK, that's enough trivia for today. One last number: 08. That would be kind of cool.
Later Thursday: Post above edited to change "David Regan" (whoever that is) to Regan Smith. Obviously both drivers have made quite the impression on me.
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I think you mean Regan Smith; David Reagan drives the Roush Fenway 6.
Posted on August 30, 2007 7:47 PM
@#$%^&!! Thanks Mark.
And who exactly is David Regan anyway? I think he's somebody's rear tire carrier.
Posted on August 30, 2007 8:08 PM